MACGILLIVRAY, Donald Neil
| Service Numbers: | 1448, S213124 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1915, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, SA, 12 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Tailem Bend, Murray Bridge, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, Australia, 10 May 1963, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General D, Path 23, Grave 783A |
| Memorials: | Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor, Tailem Bend and District Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1448, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1448, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1448, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Mar 1940: | Involvement S213124 | |
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| 14 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, S213124 | |
| 14 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 7 Feb 1944: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
1448 Donald Neil MacGILLIVRAY was born at Mount Gambier on 12 September 1896 and was enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 24 September 1909 by his mother, Sophie Campbell MacGillivray of Penola Road, Mount Gambier. He left school on 28 June 1912 and entered the Commonwealth Bank.
He enlisted in Adelaide on 16 September 1915 (19, bank clerk, single, Presbyterian) naming his mother, Sophie Campbell MacGillivray of Wehl Street, Mount Gambier, as his next of kin. He embarked from Adelaide on the ‘Geelong’ on 18 November 1915, arriving in Egypt a month later. He joined the 9th Light Horse on 12 January 1916, but was transferred to the 11th Light Horse when it was reformed on 22 February 1916. Throughout the second half of 1916 his unit was involved mainly in patrolling the Sinai. He was hospitalised with diphtheria from 25 October to 7 December and from 16 January 1917 with myocarditis. The military authorities decided soon after to send him back to Australia for a 6 month change as a result of “irritable heart post diphtheria” and he embarked on the ‘Willochra’ from Suez on 8 March 1917. He disembarked on 27 April 1917 and was discharged on 1 June.
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